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Winged Migration

Three years, five teams, seven continents – following bird migrations from seas to snowcapped mountains, from frozen tundra and scorching deserts to the peaceful countryside – resulted in WINGED MIGRATION, a film of staggering beauty.

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Sharethis film. Give others the chance to migrate with the birds.

Learn more about the threats facing migrating birds, and join the global celebration in place to protect birds. World Migratory Bird Day is an international event held once a year in cities around the globe.

Eliminateor reduce your use of herbicides and pesticides, which poison feeding birds, and provide birdseed and fresh water fot the many migrating birds that make essential stopovers in our backyards and gardens.

Drinkshade-grown, bird friendly coffee, which is grown in forested areas that allow bird life to thrive.

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The Production

“’It was like flying on a magic carpet,’ says French cinematographer Dominique Gentil, AFC… Gentil was part of a team of 14 cinematographers who flew on ULMs, balloons, and motorized parachutes; maneuvered camera-wielding robots by remote control; staked out their feathered subjects in camouflaged hideouts; hauled collapsible cranes through swamps; and hung onto camera cars, motor boats, and even prosaic dollies while filming 70 species of migratory birds for Winged Migration.”

Loss and Degradation of Natural Habitats Pushing Species Towards Extinction

“The annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds – around 19 per cent of the world’s 10,000 bird species – is one of the world’s great natural wonders, yet the critical staging areas migratory birds need to complete these journeys are being degraded or are disappearing completely.”

The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

“The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is dedicated to understanding, conserving and championing the grand phenomenon of bird migration. Founded in 1991, we are located at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.”

The Evolution of the Bird

The Soundtrack

Revealed: Secret of How Birds Navigate During Migration

“The mystery of how migratory birds exploit the Earth’s magnetic field using an internal compass may have been solved by scientists who have discovered how molecules in the eye can be orientated by weak magnetic lines.”

7 Million Birds Killed Each Year, Confused by TV Towers

“A quarter of a million birds died after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989, marking it as one of the nation’s most serious environmental disasters. But that pales compared to the number of birds that die each year after colliding with one of the 84,000 communication towers scattered across North America.”